Chorinea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Riodinini
Genus: Chorinea
Species: C. amazon – C. batesii – C. bogota – C. gratiosa – C. heliconides – C. licursis – C. octauius – C. sylphina
Name

Chorinea Gray, 1832

Type species: Erycina (Chorinea) xanthippe Gray, 1832 by monotypy.
Synonyms

Zeonia Swainson, 1833

References

Brévignon, C.; Gallard, J.-Y. 1998a: Inventaire des Riodinidae de Guyane Française III-Riodininae: Riodinini Description de nouveaux taxa. (Lepidoptera). Lambillionea, 98(1): 7–24. Reference page.

Chorinea is a Neotropical metalmark butterfly genus.

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

Chorinea amazon (Saunders, 1859) French Guiana , Brazil
Chorinea batesii (Saunders, 1859) French Guiana, Brazil
Chorinea bogota (Saunders, 1859) Guatemala, Colombia
Chorinea gratiosa Stichel, 1910 Ecuador
Chorinea heliconides (Swainson, [1833]) Brazil
Chorinea licursis (Fabricius, 1775)
Chorinea octauius (Fabricius, 1787) – octauius swordtail
Chorinea sylphina (Bates, 1868) – sylphina angel

References

Chorinea, funet.fi